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Topic: Happy AIDSiversary to Me! (Read 3869 times)

It just occured to me that I just had mine the other day - Saturday the 15th, 2004 was the "official" date, as in the day I got the Western Blot absolute yup fur shur that I had the High Five.

I'm only posting this now in hopes that some of the people on here who are totally beyond freaked about "OMG! Meds every day FOREVER!" and "Will I suffer god awful side effects?" or "Will I be outcast from all of society?" and on and on will take note that the Big Date passed two days ago, and I just now had my "Oh, yeah" moment.

*This is NOT to say that AIDS is "no big deal" or that there is in any way any thing such as AIDS Lite TM.*

What it IS meant to say is that if you just treat it and yourself with the respect both deserve, it is possible - indeed, most likely - that life can go on with some degree of normalcy and even quite a bit of happiness.

Because of the courage and efforts of those before, we have that blessing. And the best way to show your respect and admiration to those who worked so hard for you and braved so much is to simply....live. Live and live fully.

So yeah. Um...I guess that's all.

*Insert congrats or any other superfluous flattery below. All ego inflation welcomed.*

hey congrats tim! a milestone and accomplishment to be proud of. happy birthday! all ego inflating is wholely deserved and not a bit superfluous (but that .25 word just rolls off the tongue so sweetly don't it)

I just passed the 27yr anniversary of when I was infected and am getting ready to celebrate my 20 yr AIDSaversary coming up the day after X-mas. And I sure do celebrate these days. Although some of them were days of terrible news, none of them were the death of me. Just like you said to live fully, I strive to do that so that these anniversaries are a reason to rejoice in still being alive - especially when so many of my friends and my 2 partners are gone. My next anniversary to celebrate coincides with my bday in march. on that day I can celebrate having NOT gone back into the hospital in 15 yrs.

Congrats again. Although it may seem to be kinda odd to celebrate an AIDSaversary, I don't think there's ever such as a thing as a bad reason to celebrate being ALIVE! Here's to many more AIDSaverseries for you Tim!

Although it may seem to be kinda odd to celebrate an AIDSaversary, I don't think there's ever such as a thing as a bad reason to celebrate being ALIVE! Here's to many more AIDSaverseries for you Tim!

And that's the thing...once you've been with it awhile, you see that it really isn't odd at all. It's sort of like the AMG thing. Even though it has a memorial service as its cornerstone event, it is still ultimately a celebration of life.

Good points and observations, especially for anyone who may be afraid or depressed due to a recent diagnosis. Life does go on, both the good and the bad.

Continue enjoying life, my dear.

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"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

I am one of those new here that was really freaked out, and is much less so now in large part to this community - so thank you. This includes the respect and gratitude of those before - I think about how blessed I am at this time.

Just think about what the anniversary gifts will be 10 years from now...hopefully not just a male stripper that is 10 years older.

I've lost track of my Aidsaversary, Im not even sure if its 4 or 5 years now

-WIll

Losing track of your aidsaversary is a terrible thing , the only way to tell how long you had it now is to cut your dick off and count the rings , so tell me Willy , do you remember the date now ? I bet ya do .

Losing track of your aidsaversary is a terrible thing , the only way to tell how long you had it now is to cut your dick off and count the rings , so tell me Willy , do you remember the date now ? I bet ya do .

How precise of you . Cheap hookup with a pozzie top twink after a night of line dancing at the Queen's Rodeo?

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"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

I've long since given up on the promises from this lot. My post count supposedly entitled me to a ruby studded butt plug ages ago that has yet to arrive.

Philicia hax0r3d into your account and had it send to her address instead. She had broken the previous one by using too often.

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"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

That's a federal crime ... I sure would hate to see Miss P doing time on the ruby dildo rap . We should have a Christmas dildo drive to make sure Miss P gets her sex toys and avoids prison time , kind of like dialing for dildos or sumthin .

That's a federal crime ... I sure would hate to see Miss P doing time on the ruby dildo rap . We should have a Christmas dildo drive to make sure Miss P gets her sex toys and avoids prison time , kind of like dialing for dildos or sumthin .

hmmm....i can picture her talking to the warden about the badly needed improvements of the prison menu.